† ˈswaddleband Obs.
Forms: α. 2 swaðel-, 6 swathell-, swathle-, 6–7 swathel-. β. 5–6 swadel-, 6 -yl-, swaddell-, swadle-, 7 swaddle-.
[f. swaddle + band n.1]
= swaddling-band.
| α c 1200 Vices & Virtues 49 He lai bewunden on fiteres and mid swaðelbonde ibunden. 1552 Huloet, Swathell, or swathle band for a chyld, fascia. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Vne Bande ou Bandelette,..a swathel band. |
| β 1530 Palsgr. 277/2 Swadylbande, bande, fasse. 1530 in Ancestor xi. (1904) 179 An egle..flyeng gryping a child swadeled geules lined ermyns the swadelbond gold. 1578 Banister Hist. Man iv. 58 The first of these Muscles..goeth forward fleshy, broad, and thinne like a swadle band. 1639 Massinger Unnat. Combat iv. ii, Would you have me Transforme..My corselet to a cradle? or my belt To swaddlebands? |
So
† ˈswaddle-belt,
† -bind,
† -binding.
| 1467 Maldon, Essex, Crt. Rolls (Bundle 43, No. 14), vi. paria caligarum, ii swadel byndes. 1592 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) II. 211 One fine swaddell belt 14{supd}. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais ii. xiv. 99, I swadled him in a scurvie swathel⁓binding. |